Esther 9
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Esther 9:16-19

16But the otherH7605 JewsH3064 that were in the king’sH4428 provincesH4082 gathered themselves togetherH6950, and stoodH5975 for their livesH5315, and had restH5118 from their enemiesH341, and slewH2026 of their foesH8130 seventyH7657 and fiveH2568 thousandH505, but they laidH7971 not their handsH3027 on the preyH961,

17On the thirteenthH6240H7969 dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143; and on the fourteenthH6240H702 day of the same restedH5118 they, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and gladnessH8057.1

18But the JewsH3064 that were at ShushanH7800 assembled togetherH6950 on the thirteenthH6240H7969 day thereof, and on the fourteenthH6240H702 thereof; and on the fifteenthH6240H2568 day of the same they restedH5118, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and gladnessH8057.

19Therefore the JewsH3064 of the villagesH6521, that dweltH3427 in the unwalledH6519 townsH5892, madeH6213 the fourteenthH6240H702 dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143 a day of gladnessH8057 and feastingH4960, and a goodH2896 dayH3117, and of sendingH4916 portionsH4490 oneH376 to anotherH7453.

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  1. 1. Esther 9:17 of the same: Heb. in it. ↩

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